Deaths in Custody
Died in custody

Name not reported

died July 19, 1892 · Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

A Black man died on July 19, 1892, in a cell in Philadelphia where he was being held. The Evening Bulletin, reporting his death on July 26, gave the cause as consumption, the name then used for tuberculosis. The paper attributed that cause to the death and set out no other details about the circumstances.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

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